Episode #133: 'Kongkeys' Year-End Poker Awards
MAIN TOPIC
... and the winner is ... you, the listeners! Sit back and enjoy the second annual Kongkeys, our annual irreverent look back at the year in poker. Click here to listen the show.
The winners:
The “See, Politicians Don’t Need to be Hating on Poker” Award and Third base Kongkey
To the Florida Legislature and Gov. Charlie Crist.
Liger Kongkey
To Chris, for wimping out in the Paul Wasicka interview.
The “Our Security is Iron-Clad and No One Can Penetrate It. Wait, They Did? Really? Our Bad” Award
To Absolute Poker.
Round Mound of Rebound Kongkey
To Barry Greenstein, because about half of that interview had to be redone because of a technical difficulty.
The “New Poker Strategy Book Of The Year” Award
To the FullTilt Poker Strategy Guide: Tournament Edition, edited by Michael Craig.
Flomax Kongkey
To Real Deal Poker Academy owner John Plenzick, for his story about the most shocking thing he's ever seen at a table.
The “This is the New Pocket Aces” Award
To A-10.
Cheech and Chong Kongkey, or The Chongkey
To Eugene Todd Bro.
The “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” Award
To all the payment processors who went all chicken-livered on us proud Americans and pulled out of the U.S. market.
Eunuch Kongkey
To Jose Canseco.
The “What Have You Done for Us Lately? Wow, A Lot” Award
To Nikademus, for his most awesome fan Web site that chronicles all of the past Ante Up! shows.
Alexis Carrington Kongkey
To Mike Fasso.
The “Most Painful Hand of the Week Resolution in History” Award
To Scott from Texas.
Globetrotter Kongkey
To Scott Long, because no one has gotten more material out of traveling.
The “Roadtrip of the Year” Award
To Scott and Mike’s L.A. trip.
COURTNEY FRIEL KONGKEY
To Sabrina Gadecki.
The “Most Frightening Development in Poker” Award
To the swift acceptance of electronic poker tables.
The “Is That a Chip or a Saucer?” Award
To Monster Chips.
OTHER TOPICS
AIPS III: It starts in January with just a few nips and tucks. Look for the upcoming post with all the details. And AIPS II POY Corey Furbee picks up his trophy in person!
Poker After Dark debuts: In just a few days. Oh, and former hostess Shana is with child. (Photo courtesy NBC).
Too bounty ... or not to bounty: We chat a bit more about what the strategy for bounty tournaments should be ... and whether you even should play them.
Here's how you say it .... (Thanks to Clever Moniker) and this is how you spell it: Potawatomi Casino.
It's no wonder nobody likes onions: A self-proclaimed "hilarious" podcast Nobody Likes Onions has apparently launched an attack on our forum. But it beats us what, how, when or why.
Tampa Bay Poker Replay: A gentle reminder to local poker room managers to let us know what's going on!
One Minute Mystery: Columbo had A-K, but no diamonds, and our set holds up. Did you have the moxie to call?
HAND OF THE WEEK
Amy from New York (BerniceQ) writes in with a Stud 8 hand from a low-limit FullTilt table.
She brings it in with (6-6) 3 with mostly high cards on board and gets three callers.
On Fourth Street, she picks up a third 6 and raises it when a K-10 bets out. She gets a caller from J-7 and the original bettor.
On Fifth Street, she picks up an Ace and raises the K-K-10 and takes down the pot.
Chris doesn't like to play around in Stud 8, so he likes this play. While Scott doesn't hate it, he wonders if we were in good enough shape that we should have tried to entice the third player to see one more card.
NEXT WEEK'S SHOW
Poker resolutions for 2008
- SCOTT
Christopher Cosenza is co-host of the longest running poker podcast on the planet, Ante Up! He started playing poker seriously in 2003 and his favorite players are Phil Ivey and Kenna James, though he tends to act like Phil Hellmuth if you make a bad play against him.
Scott Long, Ante Up!'s other co-host, is the author of the monthly Bet on It column in tbt*. He began gambling way too young (don't tell the fuzz!) and in the seventh grade, named his state "Gambleland" for a school project (State Animal? Loan shark, of course).
I'd like to thank Chris for all the talk about the “This is the New Pocket Aces”. I've taken that advice and I won the Mookie blogger tournament this week with it! My biggest cash ever and it's all thanks to the Cosenza! AJ was no match for it!
Thanks Chris!
Posted by: OhCaptain | December 28, 2007 at 10:49 PM
Chris got it wrong, K,J is the new A,A.
Posted by: Snuffy | December 29, 2007 at 07:14 AM
Scott, you sounded like you had a garbage bag on your head and were in the next room during the show. Come on my Buckeye Brother,"from the diaphram!" If you did have a garbage bag on your head, that's just dangerous! Chris should know better than to let you do that. Or did he give you a garbage bag to play with? HMMMM? O-H__________I-O
Posted by: Popeye39 | January 01, 2008 at 10:13 AM